bayport

Bayport is a toponym used for several communities in the United States. The name combines bay and port and is commonly applied to settlements near a bay or harbor, especially ones with access to water transportation. The most widely referenced Bayport is Bayport, New York, a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, on Long Island. It lies along the Great South Bay and is part of the Bayport-Blue Point School District. The name is also used for other smaller communities and neighborhoods in coastal or river-adjacent areas, reflecting a common pattern in American place-naming.

In popular culture, Bayport is the fictional hometown of the Hardy Boys in the long-running juvenile detective series, a detail that situates many stories in an idealized American town. The term is also used by various institutions and businesses that reference their local Bayport origins in branding.